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Egmond Gospels

9th-century Latin Gospel Book with 10th-century miniatures, National Library of the Netherlands
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Summary

Egmond Gospels is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (illuminated manuscript category, ranking #59 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Owned by: Dirk II, Count of Holland[3], Hildegard of Flanders[4], Sasbout Vosmeer[5], William I of the Netherlands[6], Egmond Abbey[7]
  • Made from material: parchment[8]
  • Collection: KB, nationale bibliotheek[9]
  • Inventory number: 76 F 1[10]
  • Location: KB, nationale bibliotheek[11]
  • Place of publication: Reims[12]
  • Commons category: Egmond Gospels[13]
  • Language of work or name: Latin[14]
  • Catalog code: 311779433[15]
  • Publication date: 975[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Egmond Gospels[17]
  • Commons gallery: Egmond Gospels[18]
  • Work available at URL: https://galerij.kb.nl/kb.html#/nl/egmond/page/223/zoom/2/lat/-64.47279382008165/lng/-59.23828124999999[19], http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:TOPSTUK:0026[20]
  • Described at URL: https://www.kb.nl/themas/middeleeuwen/evangeliarium-van-egmond[21], https://www.kb.nl/en/themes/middle-ages/egmond-gospels[22]
  • Donated by: William I of the Netherlands[23]
  • Number of pages: 218 folio[24]
  • Described by source: kb.nl[25]
  • Title: Evangeliarium[26]
  • Length: 158 millimetre[27], 232 millimetre[28]
  • Width: 1270 millimetre[29], 2050 millimetre[30]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Collection highlights of the KB, national library of the Netherlands[31]
  • Copyright status: public domain[32]
  • Digitised by: KB, nationale bibliotheek[33]

Why It Matters

Egmond Gospels has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

public domain William I of the Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . kb.nl. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . kb.nl. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → —
    Location → KB, nationale bibliotheek
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    Language of work or name → Latin
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    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ru, it, da, ro, en, uk */ Capitalise Евангелие in the Russian label as the ru:Эгмондовское Евангелие title does, add Italian, Danish and Romanian translations"
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